Lifeskills News

“Captaincy is 90% luck and 10% skill. Butdon’t try it without that 10%,” said the late,great Richie Benaud. The only problem withthe idea to introduce captains for team sportswas that every Participant wanted to provethey had the magic 10% every single game.Emotions ran high, but this didn’t detractfrom Lifeskills’ general sporting prowess.Each Participant has their individual talents:Vasi, who occasionally blew into this class,makes an assured umpire, Max’s battingskills have improved hugely on the cricketfield, and Robin is not called Robin theWrecker for nothing, which is why he hasbeen instructed to bowl underarm at alltimes. Nicholas enjoys fielding at deepsquare leg and is excellent at gee-ing up histeammates, Lauren and Laura are alwaysfull of beans and are brilliant allrounders,and Eki loves his basketball. George bringsthe comic relief when things get heatedon the field, and Ben is starting to displaygood leadership skills on and off the pitch.Meanwhile Peter G and Stuart combine tocreate a dynamic, high-scoring duo who leftthis writer gasping for her Ventolin in oneparticularly spirited game of soccer. Asidefrom indoor cricket and football, table tennisand racquet ball have also been popularchoices. But perhaps the most fun we hadall term involved an impromptu game oftennis, when a dismal Autumn day suddenlyturned warm and sunshiny, making the ideaof staying inside seem like a crime againstwell-being and general happiness. Welaughed, we cried, we got fit, but most of all -we had fun. I look forward to running aroundlike a mad thing with the Participants nextterm too. And yes, we will work on thosecaptaincy skills…Alison Grinter - Instructor